Combined riding and driving whip and cane.



B. B. & D. H. KEEPORT. COMBINED RIDING AND DRIVING WHIP AND GANE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 30, 1006.

Patented Apr. 2o, 1909.

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BENJAMIN B. KEEPORT AND DAVID Il. KEEPORT, OF PERU, lNDlANA.

COMBNED RIDING- AND DRIVING NHIP .AND CANE.

Specification o Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Application filed August 30, 1906. Serial No. 332,707.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN B. Knuron'r and DAVID H. Knnronr, citizensof the United States, residing` at Peru, in the county of Miami andState of indiana, have invented certain new and useful linprovements ina Combined Riding and Driving` Vhip and Cane; and we do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specifica-- tion.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in combined canesand whips, and the object of the invention is to produce a simple andefficient device of this nature comprising a convertible article whichmay be used either as a cane or whip, and coniprises various details ofconstruction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will behereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in theappended claim.

We illustrate our invention in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l is a perspective View showing our device adjusted for use as acane. Fig. Q'is a View showing the cane converted into a whip, and Fig.3 is a detail perspective view of the cane portion, showing thestructural arrangen'ient of the parts. Fig. 1l is a e longitudinalsectional view through the parts,

one inclosed within the other.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a shell which is adapted to have a cap i3 telescoping overthe same to hold the whip C within the hollow cane portion, when thedevice is adjusted for use as a cane.

D designates a ferrule which is fastened to one end of the cane part,and E, E designate' steel strips which connect said shell and ferruleand which are also connected to the circumference of a band or ring Grinidway between said shell and ferrule, thereby holding said stripsspaced apart and rigid.

A suitable covering N is placed about said ribs in order to forni aclosure about the saine and protect and conceal the whip containedtherein, when the device is adjusted for use as a cane. Said whip has aferrule (Y.) at. one end which is adapted to telescope over the ferruleat the end of the cane section, when it desired to adjust the device foruse as a whip. in order to secure the two ferrnles in their telescopingrelation when the device is used for a whip, we provide a springfastener R which is carried by the ferrule upon the cane section andadapted to engage and securely hold the whip section, thereby preventingthe saine from separating from the butt or cane section.

Freni the foregoing, it will be noted that by the provision of thedevice shown and described, a simple and cflicient means is afl'ordedwhich may be utilized either as a cane or as a whip, the adjustment ofthe device for the former use being as shown in Fig. l of the drawings,and when open for use as a whip, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

lVhat we claim is ln combination with a hollow tapering section, aferrule at one end thereof, longitudinal ribs secured thereto, a shellfastened at the other ends of said ribs, a cylindrical ring intermediatesaid ferrule and shell and to the circumference of which said ribs arefastened longitinlinally pa allel to each other, said ferrule havingl anL-shaped recess formed therein, a` resilient hook fixed at one end insaid recess, a whip tip with a hollow section designed to vtelescopeover the recessed portion of the ferrule and provided with an elongatedslot adapted for the reception of the hook, as set forth.

ln testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures in the presence oftwo witnesses.

BENJAh/IN B. KEEPORT. DAVID ll. KEEPORT.

lVitnesses C. l. Youn, JOHN B. BnNnDIo'r.

